The Wells life-boat Ernest Tom Neathercoat—a 37-foot Oakley—was built in 1965. She is a self-righter and is one of about 20 of her type in service with the R.N.L.I., in addition to six 48-foot 6-inch Oakley and Solent class and six 44-foot... - View image in PDF
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PALLING.—On the 6th April, at about 7 A.M., the s. s. Spartan, of Botterdam, bound from Hamburg to London, with a cargo of sugar, grounded on the Has- borough Sands during a dense fog. On the following morning, the fog having cleared, the...
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Eleven rescued ON THE MORNING OF Monday, November 1, 1976, the uss Sellers, a guided missile destroyer, arrived in Jersey waters to pay a courtesy visit. It was originally intended that she should anchor in St Aubin's Bay but as the wind...
There was no way of mistaking for which cause this Brighton sponsored walk was organised. A scaled-down replica of a pulling lifeboat was hauled along the route by some of the walkers.
Their long, hard pull brought a haul... - View image in PDF
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Visitors to the Boat Show clamber aboard the Severn class lifeboat for closer inspection. - View image in PDF
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RNLI volunteers, staff and supporters collected for London Lifeboat Week in 2003. - View image in PDF
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2002 Annual General Meeting and Presentation of Awards Another busy year for the RNLI saw crews answer 6,882 calls and rescue 6,918 people.
Education and safety work is starting to show results and successful trial schemes...
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Aberdeen: On Sunday May 29 Aberdeen's D class inflatable lifeboat, manned by Helmsman Stuart Durno and Crew Members James Ferguson and Allan Charles, launched to the aid of a youth stranded on cliffs inaccessible from the land. When the... - View image in PDF
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Members of Anstruther lifeboat crew can be made out on the foreshore in this photograph providing first aid while a helicopter prepares to lift an injured climber to safety.
The lifeboat was on service on 14 May when the... - View image in PDF
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Princely donation: the Fred Olsen Lines shipping company has generously presented the RNLI with a further £2,000 to complete the purchase of a third lifeboat in its name. Already paid for by the company are a D class inflatable and an... - View image in PDF
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